While a member of the esteemed Cafritz Young Artist Program, she also made her house and role debut as Stéphano in Gounod’s Romèo et Juliette, sang Mary in Tesori’s The Lion, The Unicorn, and Me, and Rosmira in Handel’s Partenope. She also recently made her debut at the Glimmerglass Festival as both Il Destino and Linfea in Cavalli’s La Calisto, and joined the City Choir of Washington as the soloist in Elgar’s The Music Makers. While a Resident Artist with Utah Opera,  Ms. Martin sang the roles of Countess Ceprano in Rigoletto, and The Teacher in The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs. She sang Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle with The City Choir of Washington, joined Utah Symphony as the alto soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Wolf Trap Opera as a studio artist for a second summer, where she opened the season with A Night at the Opera with the National Orchestral Institute + Festival, and covered both Siebel in Faust and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. Winona previously made her professional debut with Wolf Trap Opera as Mrs. McLean in their 2022 production of Susannah.

In competition, Winona was named the 1st place winner of Annapolis Opera’s 35th Annual Vocal Competition. She is a Regional Encouragement Award winner and a multi-year Regional Finalist in the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition, and was a finalist in the National Opera Association Carolyn Bailey Argento Competition, in addition to wins at the NATS National Student Auditions, and the Denver Lyric Opera Guild Competition.

Other notable roles include Sesto in La Clemenza di Tito, Nancy in Albert Herring, El gato in El gato con botas, and Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro. She has previously held positions as a Young Artist at Prague Summer Nights, Up North Vocal Institute, and SongFest, where she was the recipient of a Colburn Fellowship, and was supported by a grant from Denver-based Allied Arts Inc. as she transitioned into her graduate program. She attended the University of Colorado – Boulder for her Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and Boston Conservatory at Berklee for her M.M. in Opera Performance, where she was the Jost J. and Reine C. Fleck Opera Scholar.

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